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P990i Camera 51
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Camera
Your phone has a digital camera that also works as a
video clip recorder. You can take pictures, record video
clips, store them on a Memory Stick or in phone
memory, view them and send them directly as an MMS
message. You can also send pictures and clips using
Send as, see Send as on page 24.
Exposure control is automatic, with manual
compensation so that you can adjust picture brightness.
You can set the camera to focus automatically. A macro
mode setting allows you to take extreme close-ups.
The zoom level is adjustable from 100 to 250 percent.
You can save pictures and clips in different frame sizes,
(pixel resolutions). This allows you to choose the quality
of a picture or clip in relation to its use. The number of
pictures and clips that you can save on the Memory Stick
or in the phone will vary with the frame sizes of your
pictures and clips.
The built-in photo light is useful when taking still
pictures in poor lighting conditions. A Night Mode
setting is also available.
You can take pictures with overlay frames, with filter
effects such as sepia toning, or black and white pictures
by changing the camera settings.
Use the camera with the flip open or closed. This guide
describes using it with the flip closed.
To activate the camera
You can activate the camera in two ways:
• Open the lens cover.
• Press the camera button.
See Overview on page 11, all the way down. It also
activates when you select
Multimedia > Camera. An
indicator next to the camera button lights while the
camera is activating. When you activate the camera it
will be set to the shoot mode (of the four available: still
pictures, video recording, burst of four pictures, pictures
with frames) last chosen with
Settings > Shoot mode.